Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills . |
| 2 | If you have any queries about what we can do for you , please do n't hesitate to call us on |
| 3 | ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems . |
| 4 | Under the Law Society 's Scheme , representatives who are not accredited will have a period of six months during which they can develop their skills by being paid for work on less serious cases . |
| 5 | Is it the first time , for instance , you have been told you only enter into relationships for what you can get out of them ? |
| 6 | Are there steps through which we can begin to learn again what was so clearly a part of the New Testament church 's experience ? |
| 7 | Firth and his colleagues argue that the main reason for this gender difference relationships through which they can gain support for their domestic and child care responsibilities , whereas men 's lives are more dominated by work and careers in which siblings usually can not help . |
| 8 | Dingwall , in another context , calls these stories ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( 1977 ) , and Richman shows how they feature prominently in the discourse of traffic wardens , in an attempt to socialize new recruits into what they can expect , as well as being a means of stressing the moral worth of traffic wardens : a concern which was high on the priorities of such a stigmatized occupational group ( Richman 1983 : 115 ) . |
| 9 | Here are some medically recommended guidelines from which you can plan your own menus : |
| 10 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 11 | This is shown by the Hellenic prototype , thanks to which we can see that we are now recreating the Hellenic epochs , hut in reverse order , passing from the Alexandrian to the tragic . |
| 12 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
| 13 | It is useful to point out that when using such materials choreographers must know their vocabulary very thoroughly and select movements through which they can emphasise the moment when disaster strikes . |
| 14 | Our first task is to remove the uncertainties with which we can deal , and the first of those are the proposals of Mr. MacSharry . |
| 15 | The loose , fine tufts of roots of these plants will provide an ideal haven for the fish , and also spawning areas in which they can lay their eggs . |
| 16 | ‘ There are areas in which we can act as a sounding board in general business issues and where the accountant ca n't ’ said . |
| 17 | But now I 'm more together , I 've a whole lot of other areas in which I can express my feelings , I just hope the songs wo n't lose anything . |
| 18 | The basic species type , Rosa pimpinellifolia ( or , as it used to be called , R. spinosissima ) grows very well in most soils , but flourishes particularly in light sandy soils in which it can indulge its natural habit of spreading to form large prickly thickets by means of underground runners and suckers . |
| 19 | And there are certain circumstances in which we can do that . |
| 20 | So it is up to you to see that this does not happen , by creating circumstances in which they can continue to develop their relationship ‘ which his mother has every right to expect to be an on-going one , even in her old age . |
| 21 | Given the conditions in which most teachers are working , and given that they are human beings — that is , they have limitations on what they can do , and how well and how fast they can do it — they could not be feeling otherwise than rushed and confused , nor acting otherwise than fallibly . |
| 22 | Furthermore , there are certain limitations to what we can learn from science because the concept of replication does not obtain in police investigation . |
| 23 | There is always a hard core of trusty stalwarts on which we can depend but most people are not by nature volunteers . |
| 24 | Two centuries later , the Enlightenment returns : but not at all as a way for the West to take cognizance of its present possibilities and of the liberties to which it can have access , but as a way of interrogating it on its limits and on the powers which it has abused . |
| 25 | These are the only days for which you can pay it . |
| 26 | This ‘ raw material ’ is formed through an interaction between what we are born with and what we live through , or as James Michener puts it : ‘ Heredity establishes the perimeters of what we can accomplish ; environment determines whether we acquire the character to reach those perimeters ’ ( 1976 , p.130 ) . |
| 27 | Your Upside-Down Catfish may well settle down if you include some floating plants beneath which they can hide . |
| 28 | The radius of the circle is determined by the reach of our fists and feet , the weapons with which we can repel unwanted guests if necessary . |
| 29 | There is an unlimited number of ideas from which you can choose to back your picture , using any fabric from a dainty piece of real silk through tweeds , rough and raw silks and linens , to hessians , velvets , cottons and even several layers or pieces of different materials . |
| 30 | They give you a cooling off period of seven days in which you can change your mind , have second thoughts , and cancel the credit agreement . |